Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Thomas Baumgart
Williamston, Michigan 48895
Cell: 248-***-****
Email: ******.**********@*****.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Manufacturing Engineer with solid operational and manufacturing background in the automotive Tier 1 sector. Significant experience in project launches, troubleshooting various manufacturing processes including electronics and plastic assemblies.
Supervise and mentor technical employees in the implementation of lean manufacturing principles for commercial and automotive applications.
CAREER HISTORY
Behr Hella Thermocontrols Inc., Wixom, Michigan 2011 - Present
A division of Behr Hella Thermocontrols GmbH providing full service design and manufacturing of automotive HVAC control heads.
Manufacturing Engineer
Responsible for establishing the North American operations footprint allowing for manufacturing of automotive HVAC controls in a non-union Michigan facility.
Responsible for supporting cost reduction team improving EBIT by 2.6% through process improvements
oImproved labor efficiency from 42% to average of 76% utilizing lean manufacturing principles.
oReduced scrap from 2.5% to 0.8% using Jidoka process control
oImproved assembly equipment efficiency from 49% to an average of 71%
Utilized Six Sigma green belt training and Lean Management training to complete comprehensive root cause analysis for various process issues allowing for further improvements in labor efficiencies and scrap rates.
oFishbone.
oPareto Charts.
oHistogram Charts.
o5 Whys.
oContinous Improvement
o5S
oJidoka Process
oRun@Rate Capacity Evaluation
Responsible for supporting capital equipment specification, procurement and day to day process support of custom turnkey systems including:
oEpson robots
oMulti-station dial tables
oCognex camera systems
oLabview based test equipment
oC based test equipment
oDOS based test equipment
oWindows based test equipment
oSiemens PLC controllers
oAutomated labeling equipment
oVarious sensing devices
Supported the specification, runoff, implementation and day to day process support of catalog capital equipment including:
oEberhard pin stitcher
Created process documentation for various automotive products
oDirect labor work instructions (WI)
oEquipment diagnosis/troubleshooting documents
oManufacturing summary for RFQ
oPrepared capacity studies for new projects and current production
Responsible for new project launches in production and maintaining projects in production
Using following processes:
oLean Clever Automation (LCA)
oCreated multiple MOCKUP reports
oHosted and participated multiple MOCKUP workshops
oParticipated multiple DFM and FERKON workshops
oSix Sigma
o5S
o7 Wastes
oProduct Development Process (PDP)
oProcess flow diagrams (PF)
oProcess Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
oChange Management system for Product changes (CM)
Maintained plant layout in CAD
Mentored technical staff responsible for day to day support of all assembly equipment and facility.
Root cause analyze customer returns and provide 8-D reports
Responsible for implementing internal and external ECN’s
BHTC, Lippstadt, GERMANY Feb 2006 – Feb 2011
Measurement and Test equipment Technician, Testequipment Group
BHTC, Lippstadt, GERMANY Mar 2003 – Jan 2006
Analyze and Repair Technician, Quality Department
FLUIDTECHNIK FIEDLER GMBH, Dortmund, Germany Oct 2002 – Mar 2003
Assembling, wiring and testing of custom machines for ports and power plants.
SKILLS
SAP Key User
C#
NI Labview
CVI – Lab windows
PLC Siemens
uC
Excel
Word
Power Point
Six Sigma
Lean Manufacturing
Mitsubishi Robot
Cognex vision
Epson Robot
Integrated Circuit Tester, ICT
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DOS
EDUCATION
Community College Lippe-Berufskolleg, 2006 -2010
Otto-Hahn-Straße 25, 59557 Lippstadt, Germany
State certified engineer, Bachelors, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
LANGUAGES
German: Native language
English: Advanced in speaking, reading and writing
French: Novice in speaking, reading and writing
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